Salvage vessel



J. F. LUKOMSKE.

SALVAGE VESSEL. APPLlCATlON man Aus.2s. 1921.

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, ATTORNEY wrmzssz- Patented Apr. 18, 1922.

J. F. LUKOMSKE.

SALVAGE vzssu. APPLICATION FILE 0106.23. 192i.

Patented Apr-.18; 1922.

' ATTORNEY F. LUKOMSKE,

- SALVAGE VESSEL.-

APPLICATION F ILED A,UG.23, 1921. 1 ,4: 1 3,4 1 3 te ted Apr. 18, 1922.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3- CZFL0IW@NVENTOR A BY m i J'. F. LUKOMSKE.

SALVAGE VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.23, 1921.

1,413,413, Pa nt Ap -18,1922.

5 SHEETSSHEET 4- G M w. lz-r m euvimoa p BY fi wf:;ss- 5% j ATTORNEY 1. r. LUKOMSKE.

SALVAGE VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED Auma. m1.

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"W D. STATES 1 JOHN F. LUKo sKn, Ion Z'BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.-

" T allwhom it may concern Be it known that I; J 01m 5F.. LUKOMSK-Ey a citizen of: United State's, residing-at Bridgeport, inthe county of Fail-field and State of Connecticut have invented new and useful Improvements in Salvage -Ves+ sels,-'of which the following is a specification.- The object of my present invention is the provision of a'salvagevessel capable of being propelled when submerged or when.

on the surface of a body of "water :and equippedv with means whereby the vessel maybe=submerged and raised With facility, and also equipped with' meanswhereby accurate observation: can Y be made by :one J or more persons vunder the surface iofi'aibody OfWtttGI'.

To "the attainment of theeforegoing ttllfl invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely clalmed. In the accompanying drawings, form ng part hereof Figure 1 is an" end View: of vthe salvage vessel constituting the best I practical emi bodiment of my invention of which lam aware. a a V Figure 2=is a plan view of the same. 'FigureB is avertical section-of the ves ,Figure 4 is a horizontalsectionataken in the plane indicated 'bythe line24il of i-Figure 3, looking downwardly.

-Figure5 is an enlarged'longitudinal section showing one of the air and :Water 'receiving cylinders of the vessel and-the appurtenances thereof. W 1 1 Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings. v v V The mainframe lrof my novel vessel may belof the general construction illustrated or of any other construction compatible with the purpose ofthe invention, and. appropriately secured in the-lower portion 'o'f'thesaid main frame are two sets of air and :Water receiving cylinders-2 which have tod'owith the ready submergingand raising of the vessel as Will hereinafter be pointed out in detail. Each of the said sets of cylinders 2 comprisesby preference seven cylinders.- though i themunher of cylinders 2 may of course :beidiscretionary with the manufacturer Without affecting any invention. The i outer ends of the cylinders 2 are closed. while the inner ends thereof are-open, and it-Will also be SAL AG VESSEL.

I si fi at n m ratentednpr; EJ159522.

Application mea- August23, 1921. Seri a1 No..494,691.

noted that the inner end-of maths-ma 2": j: p of each set iisarranged AoppositeLand in alinement With the innerend of a cylinder tube of the Jotherset. Occupyingfthelongi-i tudlnal center ofeach cylinder'2is a .tele;

scopic tubular casing B. Asxbest shown in Figure .5 the said casing dis-made up ofaa r pluralityi'of sections 4, 'andat the mouths I of'thesaid sections" 4 withthe exceptionof 6 the .:innermos't,: -section I 4 are gaskets '5 of rubberor-equivalentmaterial 'calculatedvto pre--" vent Waterfrom gaining access to the :in-

terior of thecasing 3. 'lneachcylinderfiv connected toithe inner end'ofgthe innermost SBCtlOIlflmOf the? casing 3.; -It will also "be J is-a episton.:6. This piston:- 6 is appropriately observed that; the lpiston 6 is provided with packing rings 7 of rubberv or appro priate material designedfand adapted to prevent water;:or .air. escaping :between .the periphery ofthexrpistoniand the all of the cylinder 2; Housedzintheoutermost section :4 of "each .atelescopic casing-'3 isfa sheave-8.5 I-

would also have, it understood. here: that the Said outermost section 4: is fixedly connected vativ9;tothehead :10 'which'rcloses ithelouter end offlthe cylinder'2 Alsohousedin .the

outermost section A i are one or i more vguide sheaves 11. Connected at OneQendtofeach p1ston6 isa cable 12 thatis carried through the a'djacentitelescopic casing .73 and is en gaged ivvith'the' sheave 8 and the sheaves 11 cables12 is carriedthrough anxappropriately side of each piston 6 are cables .14'jwhich are carriedvaround; sheaves .15 andzl6 supported in the main :frame. 'Manifestly rwhenxtheseveral cables l'Q'are'taken up,-the U several. pistons 6 will bemovedwoutW-ardly in'the cylindersi2ito displace air from-the cylinder and/to bring abouttheoccupation of. the cylinders byrwater, this in order-to" expeditiously. and effectively. submerge .i the vessel. On the other hand when the several cables 12-are released.andthe'cables 14 are taken up, thepistons 6'willjbe moved inwwardlyzto displace Water from: the cylinders 2 and toxbring abouttheoccupation of the cylindersby air this :in order toraise'ithe vessel'when thesame is submerged and to" contributecto thefloatabilityof the-vessel 1 10 a WhenHthe'Lsame isonjtheasurface'of-a body of Water.

Arranged centrally within the upper portion of the main frame 1 is a house the.

clude water when the vessel is submerged.

The said house 20 is for the occupancy of the operator of the vessel, and is provided with port holes 22 for observation purposes when the vessel is submerged and also when it is at rest or is moving on the surface.

Arranged in the main frame. 1 at opposite sides of the house 20 are air tight tanks 23. The said tanks 23 serve merely to con tribute to the floatability of the vessel.

Grouped at opposite'sides of the house 20 are storage tanks from which conduits 31 lead to the outer end portions of the cylinders 2. The pump for supplying the tanks 30 with air under high pressure is designated by 32 and is located'in the house 20 as illus trated. It will also be observed that manually controlled valve means 33 is' provided whereby communication may be established between the tanks30 and the cylinders 2, and

between the outer end portions of the said cylinders 2 and the atmosphere. Manifestly when air under pressure is let into the cylinders '2, the said fluid pressure will assist in the movements of the pistons 6 inwardly; also,'.when air under pressure is exhausted from the cylinders 2 at the outer sides of the pistons 6, the outward movement of the pistons will be rendered easy.

It will be. apparent from the foregoing that when the pistons 6 are moved outwardly in the cylinders 2 water will'enter the said cylinders behind the'pistons 6 with the result that the vessel will be submerged. in proportion to the amount of water let into the cylinders 2 by the said movement of the pistons 6. As before stated the outward movement of the pistons 6 is effected through the medium of the cables 12. The inner movement of the pistons 6 which is carried out as a condition precedent to raise the vessel from the deep is accomplished through the medium of the cables 1 1. At this point I would also have it understood that I employ a reel 40 with drums 50 and 60 complementary to the said cables, and that I also employ reversing means 7 0 so that the pistons 6 may be moved in either direction without interrupting the connection 80 between thereel and the motor 81 in the house 20. Also arranged in the house 20 is a generator 82 and storage batteries 83. The motor 81 is appropriately connected with three propellers 90 more or less in order to propel the vessel when on the surface of the water, and when the vessel is submerged it is electrically propelled through the medium of the means illustrated with current supplied from the storage batteries mentioned. The motor 81 may be and preferably is of internal combustion type.

. At 8A in the house 20 I provide a pump that that is connected by pipes 85 with the outer portions of the cylinders 2 so that any water that may find its way into the said outer portions of the cylinders 2 may be apparatus for supplying the interior of the bells with fresh air and for exhausting vitiated air from the bell.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that my novel salvage vessel is capable of being positively submerged and is positively adapted to be quickly raised; also, that the vessel is capable of being propelled and handled with facility when submerged and also when it is at. the surface of a body of water, and all of the mechanisms are under,

the control of operatives in the house 20 who also have control of the apparatus for sustaining life in the bells 90.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters-Patent,

1. A salvage vessel comprising a main frame, cylinders carried by said main frame and having inner open ends arranged opposite and spaced from each other, means located between the cylinder ends to take up and let off cables, pistons movable in the said cylinders, cables between the pistons and the said intermediate means to move the pistons outwardly in the cylinders, and cables between the pistons and said intermediate means to move the pistons inwardly.

2. A salvage vessel comprising a main frame, cylinders carried by said main frame and having inner open ends arranged opposite and spaced from each other,means lo I cated between the cylinder ends to take up and let off cables, pistons movable in the said cylinders, cables between the pistons and the said intermediate means to move the pistons outwardly in the cylinders, and cables between the pistons and said intermediate means to move the pistons inwardly, in combination with means to supply the outer end portions of the cylinders with fluid under pressure; said means being valved whereby when necessary the said cylinder portions may be vented to the at- V mosphere.

3. A salvage vessel comprlsing a main frame, cylinders carried by said main frame 4. A salvage vessel comprising a main frame, cylinders carrlecl by said mam frame and having inneropen ends arranged posite and spaced from each other, means located between the cylinder ends to take up and let off cables, pistons movable in the said cylinders, cables between the pistons and the said intermediate means to move the pistons outwardly in the cylinders, and cables between the pistons, and said inter-' mediate means to movethe pistons inwardly, in combination with a propeller, a

house carried by the main frame,-,mea ns-in..

the said, house toactuate said intermediate means andto drive the propeller, and air com-pressing means also in thehouse.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture. 1

JOHN F. LUKOMSKE i 

